menniemenace's review
3.0
Poor Toni, I hope she'll be revenged.
The Applebee/Penya/Colby triangle is hilarious, I really needed this.
The Applebee/Penya/Colby triangle is hilarious, I really needed this.
rltinha's review against another edition
4.0
O melhor de Chew, para mim, continua residir em certos detalhes pictóricos. Há um sinal de proibição de empurrar vacas que me fez rir mais do que n piadas escritas. E é uma maravilha - para continuar na semântica bovina - que o avacalhanço seja tão vasto em cada volume.
Venha o sétimo!
Venha o sétimo!
ceraphimfalls's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The best volume, hands down. I cry EVERY TIME. I don't cry.
sizrobe's review
5.0
"We are the FDA, we don't do warrants." This volume featured a cibovoyant who can tell a person's future if they take a bit out of said person, a sabopictor whose paintings taste exactly like what they depict, and a victuspeciosian who can apply a food-based concoction to change what someone looks like.
rikki's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
marblesonglass's review
5.0
I devoured 4-5 of these in one night because I couldn’t get enough of the story. Trying to savor the rest.
crookedtreehouse's review
5.0
What I find to be a major failing of many comic series (or any serialised media) is a lack of consequences. Something terrible happens in an issue or a storyline, and it's eventually erased or made inconsequential by another writer. It's why I mostly gravitate toward creator owned books where a single writer and artist work together to tell a specific story. This doesn't guarantee consequences for characters or plots but it does solidify that any non-consequences were probably intended by the writer and artist and not merely overruled by an editor or new creative team.
With Chew, for the first five volumes, we've seen small consequences for the characters that they have to overcome to reach their goals. All of the life changing occurrences happened in their pasts. We see glimpses of them but all of the Oh Fuck moments have centered around plot twists rather than character development. Sure, sometimes we've seen things that we, the readers, didn't know about the characters, but that didn't alter the characters' lives in a significant way. Here, at the halfway point of the series, that changes., as John Layman turns the book in a more serious direction, and Rob Guillory makes the shift cartoonishly stunning to look at.
With Chew, for the first five volumes, we've seen small consequences for the characters that they have to overcome to reach their goals. All of the life changing occurrences happened in their pasts. We see glimpses of them but all of the Oh Fuck moments have centered around plot twists rather than character development. Sure, sometimes we've seen things that we, the readers, didn't know about the characters, but that didn't alter the characters' lives in a significant way. Here, at the halfway point of the series, that changes., as John Layman turns the book in a more serious direction, and Rob Guillory makes the shift cartoonishly stunning to look at.
dawnoftheread's review
4.0
Absolute crazy cakes. With Mecha-Turducken. What's not to love? Aside from terrible violence and beloved character loss, that is...
mjfmjfmjf's review
2.0
Dumb. Silly. Violent. Ridiculous. With not especially good art. Is this clever? No. It's also repetitive and not funny. It is readable. And as always there are hints that it could be good, but it isn't.